Micron Electronics NetFRAME 9201 Server Runs World's Busiest FTP Site.NAMPA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999-- Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MUEI) and Walnut Creek CDROM Walnut Creek CDROM (Walnut Creek, California) was an early provider of freeware, shareware and free software on CD-ROMs. The company was founded in August 1991 by Bob Bruce and was one of the first commercial distributors of free software on CD-ROMs. announced today that Walnut Creek CDROM has chosen the Micron(tm) NetFRAME(R) 9201 as the next-generation server platform for their popular FTP archive FTP archive - archive site at ftp FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ://ftp.cdrom See CD-ROM. .com. "In keeping with our tradition of engineering excellence, the NetFRAME 9201 provides world class performance and scalability for aggressive, growing firms," said Cory Devor, vice president of server product development for Micron Electronics. "Our focus on mid-market businesses fits right in with Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. and their need for a versatile platform with uncompromising performance. What better venue to showcase our solutions than the busiest download site on the Internet?" During its first full day of operation, the new NetFRAME 9201 server set a new all-time one day download record of 969GB of files, surpassing the previous record set last year of 873GB/day. Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MUEI), a recognized industry leader and direct vendor known for its award-winning products and services, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, competitively priced computing solutions to consumers, small businesses, commercial and public sector buyers. Its superior customer service and toll-free hardware technical support is available to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the duration of a system's warranty. Micron offers value and convenience through direct sales via the Internet at http://www.micronpc.com, by telephone at 800/249-1179 or by fax at 208/893-7240. Walnut Creek CDROM was founded in 1991 by its current president and owner, Mr. Robert Bruce The following have been known as Robert Bruce: Those belonging to the Bruce family of Scotland: Note: There are currently discrepancies between this list and the actual article contents. . Since the beginning, Walnut Creek CDROM has maintained a philosophy of creating superior quality CDROM software products at a reasonable price to the consumer. The company is also the premier CDROM supplier of the popular FreeBSD UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Slackware Linux Operating Systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Walnut Creek CDROM provides these and a vast collection of other software free of charge to Internet users on its FTP site at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com. With more than 250,000 visitors a day that download nearly 1 terabyte (1000 gigabytes) of files, ftp.cdrom.com is widely known as the world's most popular public FTP software archive. For more information about Walnut Creek CDROM and its products, the company can be contacted at 800/786-9907 (U.S. toll-free), 925/674-0783 (international), by fax at 925/674-0821, or by visiting their web site at http://www.cdrom.com. |
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